Madonna says she "wants to be like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and John Lennon"  

She always finds ways to reinvent herself, so who knows what she plans. I think she is starting to go back to her roots, because her family was also a very religious family, somethings are just ingrained. Perhaps, she feels a sense of atonement, like she has to atone for all that she had done, before it is too late. I don't know. But, her life history will just become more and more interesting with whatever she plans to do next. I once heard on the news, that "art" classes, in I believe Denmark, or another European country in the area, offer a course in art (like music), just on Madonna, how she always reinvents herself, so that she has remained famous even till this day. She was famous when I was a baby, and, now if I were to have one, she would be famous then also. And, listened to, in demand, etc...she is good at that.

She's 48 years old??? She looks damn good for middle-aged woman.

Speaking of middle-aged, it sounds to me like she's just going through a mid-life crisis. After portraying herself as a diva and loosey goosey in the 80s, it's no wonder she wants to change her image, especially since her kids are growing up. It also seems like the women in the spotlight (Angelina Jolie as another example) have been adopting babies in Africa all of a sudden. None of those three idols of hers have ever done that.

Well she's got a good heart, though i wonder how well she is doing with it.

the only thing that she will ever have in common with the three people that you name is that they are dead and so is her music career.

Here's all I can say to that...... GET TO IT THEN!!!!

I just hate it when celebrities say this and that but they can't full follow through. It's just image.

At least she found her way in life. She is always looking for new pointoif view and she is very spiritual person. She is much better than many singers and actors.

I'm glad she is aspiring to greatness. More of us should try to aspire towards peace in our lives and to do things to reach out and make the world a better place.

She may never reach that status, but I don't mind that she wants to do great, selfless things.

When I read this, Bono and U2 instantly came to mind. I can't help but wonder how much those people actually mean what they say, and what proportion is mere publicity.

This reminds me of something I've read on the Net -- and which may very well be an urban legend -- but which I found amusing nonetheless:

Bono is said to have made the whole crowd go silent at a U2 gig in Scotland and started slowly clapping his hands. He then supposedly told the crowd in a sorrowful voice, "Every time I clap my hands a child dies in Africa". The story then reports that a very loud voice from the crowd, with a thick scottish accent, shouted, "F'kin' stop doing it then!"

I must say that I wish I had Madonna's name. She got a published children's book in the blink of an eye. My friend (23 year old) buys her children's books just because Madonna was the author.

Back to the topic: I had a thought when re-reading the title. What do they all have in common? They were all assassinated. Does Madonna really think she's such a huge political figure that someone is so enraged enough to shoot her? I don't know about her principles in government but I do know that I haven't heard anything about gaining independence from a mother country, liberation from a suppressed society or a revolution.

To try and compare herself to any of these men is a little far-fetched.

My question to Madonna is this. What cause do you feel so passionately for that you would be willing to give your life for it?

I doubt there would be any.

Lloyd